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<h1>Department</h1>
Departments correspond to real world departments within organisations.
Note that a department may contain other departments.<br>
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A department may only be stored within an organisation or another
department. The root node for all organisations is /Root/System
Configuration/Setup Organisations. A default department is
automatically created with the system install in which persons can be
created by default.<br>
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A department entity is simply a place holder for the name, description
and contact details. You will be able to view which persons belong to
the department.<br>
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Departments can be made responsible for tasks.<br>
<h2>Creating Departments</h2>
Navigate the tree to either an Organisation or Department node. If you
have permission to create departments then the "Create New Department"
button on the toolbar will be enabled. Pressing it will bring up a new
panel for creating a department. Enter the appropriate information and
press OK to create the department or Cancel to discard it with no
action taken. If the department is created, it will be initialised with
a change log recording the initial details.<br>
<h2>Editing Departments</h2>
If you have permission to edit the department then the Edit button
will be enabled. Pressing it makes each of the available parts
editable. The full list of contact detail types will be displayed,
however, only those for which a valid value exists will be displayed
once the changes are committed. Note that when editing contact details,
only the right column will be editable. In order to change the choice 
of Contact Detail Types (the left column), it is necessary to edit the
Contact Types separately.<br>
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